Cancer is one of the 10 non-communicable diseases that has been a threat to global health. In 2020, some 10 million people were killed by the disease, the World Health Organisation said.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has been urged to reconsider the decision to exclude Covid-19 treatments from the list of conditions covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme, as the number of new infections is still on the rise.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insisted on Monday on moving ahead with a plan to change the conditions for Covid-19 treatment, saying the decision was in line with a policy to downgrade the coronavirus.
Covid-19 patients will still be treated for free under Thailand’s public healthcare programmes after March 1, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) confirmed on Sunday.